Tories never actually talk about getting rid of their leader, then suddenly there us a flash of steel between he shoulder-blades and rigormortis sets in.

Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.

All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.

If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.

Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.

It is quite clear to me that the Tory Party will get rid of Mrs Thatcher in about 3 years time.

With the ministry's motto 'Research on a Shoestring' emblazoned on his coat of arms, he has to struggle with a treasury more interested in surtax relief than national survival. [Responding to an earlier statement by British Science Minister, Lord Hailsham, that British scientists were being recruited by the U.S.]